In my experience and observation, senior appointments are rarely based entirely on merit.

There are few cases in which mere popularity should be considered a proper test of merit; but the case of song-writing is, I think, one of the few.

The sufficiency of merit is to know that my merit is not sufficient.

The merit of a democratic regime rests on one's continual willingness to exchange views, and to compete on the basis of individual merit and capacities.

Evidently the merit depends on the result of the work.

I get asked about my weight endlessly. There is no story. It doesn't merit so much talk.

I am a believer in people succeeding on merit.

I was determined to make it big on sheer merit.

The merit of 'The Spy Who Came in from the Cold,' then - or its offence, depending where you stood - was not that it was authentic, but that it was credible.

There is huge merit in both Eastern and Western medicine, and I've taken a little bit from both.

Every musician out there wants to be judged on the merit of their songwriting, the merit of their performing abilities.

In my experience and observation, senior appointments are rarely based entirely on merit.

I get asked about my weight endlessly. There is no story. It doesn't merit so much talk.

I have been measured on my merit and on my accomplishments.

There's always merit to having a debate.

The merit of originality is not novelty; it is sincerity.

Leaders are judged on merit and not on caste or family names.

Certainly the best works, and of greatest merit for the public, have proceeded from the unmarried, or childless men.

Where we can compete on merit, we do very well.

I think a flat tax has merit. Anything would be better than the current tax code.